Gold worth Tk 3.89cr seized from Biman flight in Ctg airport

Members of Customs Intelligence & Investigation Directorate (CIID) and National Security Intelligence (NSI) in a joint drive seized a huge amount of gold ornaments weighing 4.5 kilograms from an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Shah Amanat International Airport this morning
13 January 2024, 06:44 AM

Teen found dead in Chattogram

The throat-slit body of a 16-year-old autorickshaw driver was recovered from a paddy field in Charlokka under Karnaphuli of Chattogram yesterday.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Custodial Death of Sultana Jasmine: HC rule on Rab action remains unresolved

Sultana Jasmine, 41, a land office employee in Naogaon, was picked up and detained by Rapid Action Battalion on March 22 last year. She died in Rab custody at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital two days later. Rab officers told doctors Jasmine had suffered a fall.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM

2kg venison seized; one arrested

The Forest Department seized two kilogrammes of venison along with the severed head of a deer in Ruhita Hajirkhal village of Barguna’s Patharghata upazila on Thursday evening.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Housing minister sues polls rival for defamation

Newly appointed Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury has filed a Tk 100 crore defamation suit against Firozur Rahman Olio, who was his rival in the January 7 polls in Brahmanbaria-3.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Ex-UP member fined for killing doves in Shariatpur

A mobile court today fined a former union parishad member for killing dozens of doves by poisoning his croplands in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila
12 January 2024, 16:54 PM

Dhaka Central Jail inmate dies

An 80-year-old inmate died after falling sick at Dhaka Central Jail this morning
12 January 2024, 16:21 PM

No legal bar to hold Dhaka Club’s EGM tomorrow

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for holding an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Dhaka Club Limited tomorrow.
12 January 2024, 15:58 PM

HC acquits Regent Group Chairman Shahed in arms case

The High Court today acquitted Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case, in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a lower court
11 January 2024, 12:06 PM

SC debars 2 lawyers from conducting cases for 4 weeks

The Supreme Court today debarred two lawyers, Mohammad Moshin Rashid and Shah Ahmed Badal, from conducting any case before the Appellate and High Court Divisions for the next four weeks for writing a letter with "some derogatory statements" to the chief justice
11 January 2024, 05:40 AM

Arson Attack on Benapole Express: 2 leaders of BNP, Jubo Dal placed on remand

A Dhaka court yesterday placed BNP’s Dhaka South City unit Joint Convener Nabi Ullah Nabi and Jubo Dal leader Mansur Alam on a three-day remand in a case filed over their alleged involvement in setting fire to the Benapole Express train in Dhaka on January 5.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Bail in 9 cases not enough for Fakhrul’s release

A Dhaka court yesterday granted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir bail in nine cases filed over violence centring the October 28 BNP rally in Dhaka.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Farmer shot dead in Chakaria shrimp enclosure

A shrimp farmer was shot dead over the encroachment of a shrimp enclosure in the Chakria of Cox's Bazar today.
10 January 2024, 17:53 PM

349 teen gang members held last year: Rab

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested 349 teenagers and members associated with teen gangs, for various offenses across the country over the past year
10 January 2024, 14:40 PM

Garment workers’ union gen secy Babul gets bail

After suffering in jail for last 56 days, garment workers' union leader Babul Hossain today secured bail from the High Court in a vandalism and arson case
10 January 2024, 14:03 PM

Woman killed by daughter-in-law in Manikganj

A woman was allegedly killed by her daughter-in-law in Manikganj's Singair upazila last night
10 January 2024, 13:02 PM

SC stays GK Shamim’s bail in Tk 297cr graft case

The Supreme Court today stayed till March 11 a High Court order that granted bail to Golam Kibria alias GK Shamim, an expelled Jubo League leader in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore.
10 January 2024, 12:59 PM

Fakhrul gets bail in 9 cases

A Dhaka court today granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with nine cases filed over political violence in Dhaka centring on the October 28 BNP rally
10 January 2024, 11:09 AM

HC rejects Fakhrul's bail petition

The High Court today rejected BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's bail petition in the case filed over the vandalism of the chief justice's residence on October 28 last year
10 January 2024, 06:45 AM

Death after circumcision: Writ seeks Tk 1 crore compensation for family

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned to give Tk one crore to the family of five-year old Ayaan, who died following a circumcision at United Medical College Hospital in Dhaka
9 January 2024, 13:27 PM